1、WORD格式范文范例值得參考2015 年 12 月英語四級考試真題及答案【三套全】Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions: Forthispart, you are allowed 30 minutes to write anessay commentingon the saying "Listening is moreimportant thantalking?" You can cite examples toillustratethe importanceof payingattentionto others'opinion

2、s.You shouldwriteat least 120words but no more than 180words.注意：此部分試題在答題卡1 上_1.A) They admire the courage of space explorers.B) They were going to watch a wonderful movie.C) They enjoyed the movie on space exploration.D) They like doing scientific exploration very much.2.A) In a school library.B) At

3、 a gift shop.C) In the office of a travel agency.專業(yè)資料整理word 完美整理版范文范例值得參考D) At a graduation ceremony.3.A) He used to work in the art gallery.B) He does not have a good memoiy.C) He is not interested in any part-time jobs.D) He declined a job offer from the art gallery.4.A) He will be unable to atten

4、d the birthday party.B) The woman should have informed him earlier.C) He will go to the birthday party after the lecture.D) Susan has been invited to give a lecture tomorrow.5.A) Set a deadline for the staff to meet.B) Assign more workers to the project.C) Reward those having made good progress.D) E

5、ncourage the staff to work in small groups.6.A) Where she can leave her car.B) The rate for parking in Lot C.C) How far away the parking lot is.D) The way to the visitor's parking.7.A) He regrets missing the classes.B) He has benefited from exercise.C) He plans to take the fitness classes.word 完

6、美整理版范文范例值得參考D) He is looking forward to a better life.8.A) How to select secretaries.B) How to raise work efficiency.C) The responsibilities of secretaries.D) The secretaries in the man's company.Questions 9 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 9.A) It is used by more people

7、than English.B) It is more difficult to learn than English.C) It will be as commonly used as English.D) It will eventually become a world language. 10.A) Its popularity with the common people.B) The effect of the Industrial Revolution.C) The influence of the British Empire.D) Its loan words from man

8、y languages. 11.A) It has a growing number of newly coined words.B) It includes a lot of words from other languages.C) It is the largest among all languages in the world.D) It can be easily picked up by overseas travellers.Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 12.A) T

9、o place an order.word 完美整理版范文范例值得參考B) To apply for a job.C) To return some goods.D) To make a complaint. 13.A) He works on a part-time basis for the company.B) He has not worked in the sales department for long.C) He is not familiar with the exact details of the goods.D) He has become somewhat impat

10、ient with the woman. 14.A) It is not his responsibility.B) It win be free for large orders.C) It depends on a number of factors.D) It costs 15 more for express delivery. 15.A) Make inquiries with some other companies.B) Report the information to her superior.C) Pay a visit to the saleswoman in charg

11、e.D) Ring back when she comes to a decision.Passage Oneword 完美整理版范文范例值得參考Questions 16 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.16.A) No one knows for sure when they came into being.B) No one knows exactly where they were first made.C) No one knows for what purpose they were invented.D

12、) No one knows what they will look like in the future. 17.A) Measure the speed of wind.B) Give warnings of danger.C) Pass on secret messages.D) Carry ropes across rivers. 18.A) To find out the strength of silk for kites.B) To test the effects of the lightning rod.C) To prove that lightning is electr

13、icity.D) To protect houses against lightning. Passage TwoQuestions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19.A) She was born with a talent for languages.B) She was trained to be an interpreter.C) She can speak several languages.D) She enjoys teaching languages. 20.A) They want to lea

14、rn as many foreign languages as possible.word 完美整理版范文范例值得參考B) They have an intense interest in cross-cultural interactions.C) They acquire an immunity to culture shock.D) They would like to live abroad permanently.21.A) She became an expert in horse racing.B) She learned to appreciate classical musi

15、c.C) She was able to translate for a German sports judge.D) She got a chance to visit several European countries. 22.A) Take part in a cooking competition.B) Taste the beef and give her comment.C) Teach vocabulary for food in English.D) Give cooking lessons on Western food. Passage ThreeQuestions 23

16、 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23.A) He had only a third-grade education.B) He once threatened to kill his teacher.C) He often helped his mother do housework.D) He grew up in a poor single-parent family. 24.A) Stupid.B) Active.C) Brave.D) Careless.word 完美整理版范文范例值得參考25.A) Watch

17、educational TV programs only.B) Write two book reports a week.C) Help with housework.D) Keep a diary.When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? There are other _26_ bodies out there besides the moon and stars. One of the most _27_ of these is a comet (彗星).Comets were formed around the same

18、time the Earth was formed. They are _28_ ice and other frozen liquids and gases. _29_ these "dirty snowballs" begin to orbit the sun, just as the planets do.As a comet gets closer to the sun, some gases in it begin to unfreeze. They _30_ dust particles from the comet to form a huge cloud.

19、As the comet gets even nearer to the sun, a solar wind blows the cloud behind the comet, thus forming its tail.The tail and the _31_ fuzzy ( 模糊的 ) atmosphere around a comet are _32_ that can help identify this _33_ in the night sky.In any givenyear,about a dozen known comets come closeto the sun in

20、theirorbits.The average person can't see them all, of course. Usually there is only one or twoa year bright enough to be seen with the _34_ eye. Comet Hale-Bopp, discoveredin 1995, was an unusually bright comet. Its orbit brought it _35_ close to theEarth,within122 millionmilesof it.But Hale-Bop

21、p came a longway on itsearthlyvisit. It won't be back for another four .【參考答案】26. heavenly27. fascinatingword 完美整理版范文范例值得參考28. made up of29. Now and then30. combine with31. generally32. characteristics33. phenomenon34. naked35. relativelyPartIII Reading Comprehension(40 minutes)Section ADirectio

22、ns:In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are requiredto select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a wordbank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.Please mark the

23、correspondingletterforeach itemon Answer Sheet 2 witha single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words inthebank more than onceQuestions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.Scholars of the information society are divided over whether social inequality decreases or increases

24、in an information-based society. However, they generallyagree with the idea that inequality in the information society is _36_ different from that of an industrial society. As informatization progresses in society, the cause and structural nature of social inequality changes as well.Itseems thatthe

25、informationsociety_37_ the quantityof informationavailableto the members of a society by revolutionizing the ways of using and exchanginginformation.But such a viewisa _38_ analysisbased on the quantityofinformationsupplied by various forms of the mass media. A different _39_ is possible whentheactu

26、alamount ofinformation_40_ bythe user is taken intoaccount.In fact,themore information_41_ throughouttheentiresociety,the widerthegap becomesbetween "informationhaves"and "informationhave-nots", leadingto digitaldivide.Accordingtorecentstudies,digitaldividehas been caused by thre

27、emajor_42_:word 完美整理版范文范例值得參考class,sex,and generation.In terms of class,digitaldivideexistsamong differenttypesof workersand between the upperand middleclassesand the lowerclass.With_43_ to sex,digitaldivideexistsbetween men and women. The greatestgap, however,isbetween the Net-generation,_44_ withp

28、ersonalcomputers and the Internet,andthe older generation, _45_ to an industrial society.A) accustomedB) acquiredC) assemblyD) attributeE) championsF) elementsG) expandsH) familiarI) flowsJ) fundamentallyK) interpretationL) passiveM) regardN) respectivelyO) superficialJoy: A Subject Schools LackBeco

29、ming educated should not require giving up pleasure.A) When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat theirchildren,he insisted it would solvethreeproblems atonce: feed the hungry masses,reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurantbusiness.Eve

30、n as a satire( 諷刺 ), itseems disgustingand shockinginAmericawithitschild-centeredculture.But actually,the countryis closer to hisproposalthanyou might think.B) If you spend much time with educators and policy makers, you'll hear a lot ofthefollowingwords:"standards,""results,"

31、;"skills,""self-control,"word 完美整理版范文范例值得參考"accountability,"and so on. I have visitedsome of the newer supposedly"effective"schools, where children shout slogans in order to leam self-control or must stand behind their desk when they can't sit still.C) A l

32、ook at what goes on in most classrooms these days makes it abundantly clear that when people think about education, they are not thinking about what it feelsliketo be a child,or what makes childhood an importantandvaluablestageoflifein its own right.D) I'ma mother ofthree,a teacher,and a develop

33、mentalpsychologist.So I'vewatcheda lot of children talking, playing, arguing, eating, studying, and being young.Here'swhatI'vecome tounderstand.The thingthatsetschildrenapartfromadultsis not theirignorance,nor their lack ofskills. It's theirenormouscapacityforjoy.Think ofa 3-year-old

34、lostinthepleasuresof findingoutwhat he can and cannotsinkinthebathtub,a 5-year-oldbeside herselfwiththethrillofputtingtogetherstrings of nonsensical words with her best friends, or an 11-year-old completelyabsorbed ina fascinatingcomicstrip.A child'sabilitytobecome deeplyabsorbedinsomething,and

35、deriveintensepleasurefromthatabsorption,issomethingadultsspend the rest of their lives trying to return to.E)A friendtoldme the followingstory.One day, when he went toget his 7-year-oldson from soccerpractice,hiskidgreetedhim with a downcastfaceand a sad voice.The coach had criticized him for not fo

36、cusing on his soccer drills. The little boywalked out of the schoolwithhishead and shouldershangingdown. He seemed wrappedinsadness.Butjustbeforehe reachedthecardoor,he suddenlystopped,crouching(蹲伏)down topeer at somethingon thesidewalk.Hisfacewent down lowerand lower,and then, with complete joy he

37、called out, "Dad. Come here. This is the strangestbug I've ever seen. It has, like, a million legs. Look at this. It's amazing. " Helooked up at his father, his features overflowing with energy and delight. "Can'twe stayhere forjusta minute?Iwanttofindout what he does with

38、allthoselegs.This is the coolest ever. "F) The traditional view of such moments is that they constitute a charming butirrelevant byproduct of youth something to be pushed aside to make room for moreimportant qualities, like perseverance (堅持不懈 ), obligation, and practicality.Yet moments likethis

39、one are justthekindofintenseabsoiptionand pleasureadultsspend the rest of their lives seeking. Human lives are governed by the desire toexperiencejoy.Becoming educated shouldnotrequiregivingup joybutratherleadtofindingjoyinnew kindsofthings:readingnovelsinsteadofplayingwithsmallfigures, conductingex

40、periments instead of sinking cups in the bathtub, and debating serious issuesratherthanstringingtogethernonsense words,forexample.Insome cases,schoolsshouldhelpchildrenfindnew, more grown-upways ofdoingthe same thingsthatareconstant sources of joy: making art, making friends, making decisions.word 完

41、美整理版范文范例值得參考G) Buildingon a child'sabilitytofeeljoy,ratherthan pushingitaside,wouldn'tbe that hard. It would just require a shift in the education world's mindset (思維模式 ). Instead of trying to get children to work hard, why not focus on gettingthem to take pleasure in meaningful, product

42、ive activity, like making things,working with others, exploring ideas, and solving problems? These focuses are notso different from the things in which they delight.H) Before you brushthisargument asideas rubbish,or thinkofjoyas an unaffordableluxuryina nationwhere thereisawfulpoverty,lowacademicach

43、ievement,and highdropout rates, think again. The more horrible the school circumstances, the moreimportant pleasure is to achieving any educational success.I) Many of the assignments and rules teachers come up with, often because they arepressuredbytheiradministrators,treatpleasureandjoyastheenemies

44、 ofcompetence and responsibility. The assumption is that children shouldn't chat inthe classroom because it hinders hard work; instead, they should leain to delaygratification( 快樂 ) so thattheycan pursueabstractgoals,likegoingtocollege.J) Not only is this a boring and awful way to treat children

45、, it makes no senseeducationally. Decades of research have shown that in order to acquire skills andrealknowledge inschool, kidsneed towanttolearn.You can forcea childtostayin hisorherseat,fillouta worksheet,orpracticedivision.Butyou can'tforcethechildtothinkcarefully,erjoybooks,digestcomplexinf

46、ormation,ordevelopa tastefor learning.To make thathappen, youhave to helpthe childfindpleasureinlearningto see school as a source of joy.K) Adults tend to talk about learning as if it were medicine; unpleasant, but necessary and good for you. Why not instead think of learning as if it were food some

47、thing so valuable to humans that they have evolved to experience it as a pleasure?L) Joy shouldnot be trainedout ofchildrenor leftforafter-schoolprograms.Themore difficulta child'slifecircumstances,the more importantitis forthatchildto find joy in his or her classroom. "Pleasure" is no

48、t a dirty word. And it doesn't run counter to the goals of public education. It is, in fact, the precondition.46. It will not be difficult to make learning a source of joy if educators change their way of thinking.47. What distinguishes children from adults is their strong ability to derive joy

49、from what they are doing.48. Children in America are being treated with shocking cruelty.49. It is human nature to seek joy in life.word 完美整理版范文范例值得參考50. Grown-ups are likely to think that learning to children is what medicine is to patients.51. Bad school conditions make it all the more important to turn learning into a joyful experience.52. Adults do not consider children's feelings when it comes to education.53. Administrators seemto believe that only hard work will lead children to theireducational goals.54. In the so-called "effective" schools, children